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Not a lot of tying material here except what I shipped down in a barrel. Someone killed a goat this week to eat and I got the skin. Fleshed it and salted. Going to egg tan it in a few days. Cut a few pieces of the hair to try. Plan on dying some after its tanned. Think it looks a lot like Polar Bear. Softer than bucktail and close to Kiptail and Calf belly, Think I'm going like it a lot. Here is the first jig. What do you think?
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Wow,,,looks great! Better then that kiptail,,,kiptail is too Curley for my liking,,,
Looks good to me. Nice tie. If you like hair jigs as I do then this will be much cheaper than the shipping. Show us more please once you get some dyed.
Nice. What area of the hide are those hairs from?
Did you wash or rinse the hair before use?
I know a fellow that will let me curry comb his goat.
Okay, just reread that last post. It sounded strange to me, too.
He assures me that there's no goat roping involved in this process.
So where might one find one of these goats?
Turned out great!
Go to a thrift store and look for a hair straightener. They look like curling irons except the ends are flat. Most will have a few. Works great for taking the curl out of calf tails and usually really cheap used.Quote:
Originally Posted by Takeum
Good looking jig
Thanks. These goats are a bit different here on the island. Hair is a bit short...even on the very top of the back its only about 2" because its hot here all year around. And they eat jungle weeds because there isnt much grass. Think that what makes the hair a bit stiffer than other goat hair I have seen. I took the skin and fleshed it. Washed real good and the salted it down for 2 days. Today I washed it again and then started tanning it with eggs. Should be ready to be stretched tomorrow. Watched a bunch on YouTube. So far it looks to be working. Going to tie a few hundred before I come back in the spring.
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I think that looks fine. The hair is working good too.
Wonder if our famous “ fainting goats” would work on crappie,,,,lol
Finished the tanning process today and dyed some. Felt it went real well for the first time tanning anything. Fleshing and stretching is the hard part...but the skins are real soft and flexible. Had to stretching the dyed pieces again. They don't smell at all. Key is stretching as they dry. Going to get jiggy with them tomorrow. Kind of nice using something that would have been thrown away.
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Turned out pretty good. Good use of materials available. :cheers2
Those took the colors nicelyQuote:
Originally Posted by ksnouf
Great reuse of material. Have you tank rested the jigs?
Wow. Great looking skins,,,these goats?
Yes St Lucia goats. Here are some I tied this morning. Am wishing the hair was a bit longer. Some is...but I think these are ok. Will be great for 1/16 and 1/32. Will have to be selectiveAttachment 415625 on these 1/8.
I think that is a good length. Nice job.
Nice craftsmanship. Have you tank tested one to see how the goat hair moves? On a side note, I had some curried goat in Trinidad years ago. Good stuff!
Perfect,,,,looks wonderful